Mr. John McCarthy:

It is from capital and current. It is the totality. We can get the Deputy a breakdown of the two if he wishes. My recollection is that the current expenditure profile for this year is broadly the same as for last year because there tend to be more ongoing payments. It is really the capital piece that is showing the significant increase.

Senator Murnane O'Connor referred to issues around rural Ireland and certainly we do not see Rebuilding Ireland as a plan for Dublin or Cork but as a plan for Ireland. Even in the social housing projects pipeline, a very significant number of projects are distributed across local authorities around the country.

In regard to the Housing Assistance Payment, HAP, in particular, we are very conscious of the pressures in the rental market and the importance of ensuring that landlords are aware of the benefits that HAP can bring from their point of view as well as from the tenants' point of view. In fact, this morning there is an information session for letting agents and others involved in property to try to promote the HAP scheme. In overall terms the target for HAP in 2017 is for an extra 15,000 HAP tenancies. At this point in the year - someone might be able to get me the figure - notwithstanding the pressures in the rental market, we are on target to achieve that figure of 15,000 tenancies this year. At this stage we have reached just over 7,000 new tenancies.

If I understood the question, Senator Murnane O'Connor asked about the flexibility of the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme. There is flexibility nationwide to go beyond the rent limits, but there is an additional level of flexibility when it comes to homeless households. Apart from that, local authorities across the country have flexibility, in the event of needing to use it.

I think I have covered most of the questions raised at this stage.